If people liked your singing well enough, if you were special to them, then you never left their minds throughout all of the years.
GEORGE JONESI lay my head on the wheel and the horn begins honking, the whole neighborhood knows that I’m home drunk again.
More George Jones Quotes
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I sing from my heart, I love country music and I love the people that respond to it.
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It didn’t make much difference what time of night it was, whenever [my father would] come in drunk, he’d say, “Get up and sing me some songs.”
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I would just like to say thank you to each one of my fans for supporting me all these years and continuing to come to the concerts and buy my music. I owe them everything.
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You can’t put this possum in a cage
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Don’t let the ‘business’ change what it is you love because the people, the fans, respond to what is heartfelt. They can always tell when a singer is faking it.
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I took my $100,000 and bought a new Corvette, a lot of cocaine, and spent the rest on foolishness.
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I’ve had a lot of practice and wrong’s what I do best.
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Country music to me is heartfelt music that speaks to the common man. It is about real life stories with rather simple melodies that the average person can follow.
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It might have taken an hour and a half or more for me to get to the liquor store, but get there I did.
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Maybe some folks are alcoholics and others are just voluntary drunks.
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Be real about what you do. Stay true to the voice inside you.
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Loneliness is lessened when you’re lonely by choice.
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After the first couple of years recording I did a lot of praying. I said, ‘Lord, please give me a hit.’ I want one so bad.
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It goes beyond the money. It goes beyond all of that and the glory.
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God bless the boys from Memphis, blue suede shoes, and Elvis.
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